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Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by threeseed »

dkh wrote: post #40
prakhar897 wrote: post #26

Bluesky is dead. Nobody is going to move again. They had the chance of outrun threads but slept on it. Whatever they release now, will never get initial users to get it off ground.

Well Threads currently doesn’t even have a chronological, non-algo feed I can look at, whereas on bluesky you can have any number of feeds with whatever algo/logic you want. I don’t think I’ll be using Threads much while the one and only feed is the way it is. And there’s more differences than just that, it’s a bit too soon to do a declaration of death I think

@mosseri has already said it's coming soon.

And the algorithm definitely changes once you start following more people.

Mine for example is chronological with the occasional recommended person in it.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by Barrin92 »

sahaj wrote: post #36
nba456_ wrote: post #14

Bluesky trying to go the way of Clubhouse with their invite-only clownshow

The Bluesky infra would not be able to handle scale without invite-only clownshow. Meta can open the floodgates without breaking a sweat.

isn't Bluesky supposed to run on a federated protocol? They could just open source their reference implementation and let people run their own instances. Not even the protocol itself seems to be public.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

#53

Post by rhaway84773 »

afavour wrote: post #29
xwdv wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The lunch is ate.

IMO the jury is still out. Twitter was always more than just a UI format, Twitter-shaped text posts with my Instagram friends doesn’t scratch the same itch.

Even if Threads is crap, it’s pretty obvious it’s gonna steal all of Twitter’s advertisers the moment they start showing ads, because the ad money generating users are moving onto Threads.

Heck, Threads doesn’t even need to show ads and the displacement of ad money away from Twitter will benefit Meta as much of that Twitter ad money will get redirected to Meta properties like FB and IG instead.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

#54

Post by routelastresort »

afavour wrote: post #3

Looks great. But maybe the effort should be going towards scaling up so they can remove the invite only requirement, Threads is going to actively eat Bluesky’s lunch while it remains.

90% of my timeline is on Threads is all stuff I don't even follow, while Bluesky is exactly what I ask for. Decentralized platforms are the only way to go, even if it's the centralized version and vision. The Zucc way of ramming (overly) suggested content and ads down your throat will die if there are alternatives.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by JimDabell »

dkh wrote: post #40
prakhar897 wrote: post #26

Bluesky is dead. Nobody is going to move again. They had the chance of outrun threads but slept on it. Whatever they release now, will never get initial users to get it off ground.

Well Threads currently doesn’t even have a chronological, non-algo feed I can look at, whereas on bluesky you can have any number of feeds with whatever algo/logic you want. I don’t think I’ll be using Threads much while the one and only feed is the way it is. And there’s more differences than just that, it’s a bit too soon to do a declaration of death I think

> Well Threads currently doesn’t even have a chronological, non-algo feed I can look at, whereas on bluesky you can have any number of feeds with whatever algo/logic you want.

None of that matters if the people you follow are on Threads but aren’t on Bluesky. And if the people you follow can’t get on Bluesky even if they wanted to, then off to Threads they will go and so everybody else will follow.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

#56

Post by pretendgeneer »

threeseed wrote: post #41
afavour wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMO the jury is still out. Twitter was always more than just a UI format, Twitter-shaped text posts with my Instagram friends doesn’t scratch the same itch.

Threads had 48m users in a day which already includes the most popular influencers, journalists etc. There just isn't enough room in this market for contributors to post on this many text-based apps. And so consolidation will happen. 1) Threads will dominate. Mastodon will be like remora fish. 2) Twitter will be the home for "freedom of speech", Crypto bros, OnlyFans girls. 3) Truth Social, Gab, Post, Blueksy, Spouti…

Facebook has never lied about numbers as a way to kill off competitors. So There's no reason to think their reported numbers aren't perfectly correct.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

#57

Post by rhaway84773 »

jquery wrote: post #18
afavour wrote: post #3

Looks great. But maybe the effort should be going towards scaling up so they can remove the invite only requirement, Threads is going to actively eat Bluesky’s lunch while it remains.

The lack of search / trending is really a bummer, I hope that is just a v1 launch choice and not long term product vision. Otherwise I'm impressed with the launch and its sheer scale, very smooth.

https://www.threads.net/t/CuW3CzRtm9z/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA...

> The real test is not if we can build up a lot of hype, but if you all find enough value in the app to keep using it over time. And there are tons of basics that are missing: search, hashtags, a following feed, graph syncing, fedeverse support, messaging maybe…

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by Hamuko »

JimDabell wrote: post #55
dkh wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well Threads currently doesn’t even have a chronological, non-algo feed I can look at, whereas on bluesky you can have any number of feeds with whatever algo/logic you want. I don’t think I’ll be using Threads much while the one and only feed is the way it is. And there’s more differences than just that, it’s a bit too soon to do a declaration of death I think

> Well Threads currently doesn’t even have a chronological, non-algo feed I can look at, whereas on bluesky you can have any number of feeds with whatever algo/logic you want. None of that matters if the people you follow are on Threads but aren’t on Bluesky. And if the people you follow can’t get on Bluesky even if they wanted to, then off to Threads they will go and so everybody else will follow.

People being on Threads doesn't matter if Threads sucks. They'll all just go back to Twitter to wait for the Next Social Media.

>"looking at my Twitter feed is a breath of fresh air after spending 24 hours on Threads. My feed over there is just full of stuff I don’t want to see. Threads just hit 50 million users, but the top complaint is the feed which is the main part of the app"

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1677134234253774848

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by covercash »

prakhar897 wrote: post #26

Bluesky is dead. Nobody is going to move again. They had the chance of outrun threads but slept on it. Whatever they release now, will never get initial users to get it off ground.

None of them feel special, they all feel like the same thing. I still think there’s something else out there that will sneak up and take the short form social crown. At least I hope there is.

Re: Purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky

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Post by lapcat »

rhaway84773 wrote: post #53
afavour wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMO the jury is still out. Twitter was always more than just a UI format, Twitter-shaped text posts with my Instagram friends doesn’t scratch the same itch.

Even if Threads is crap, it’s pretty obvious it’s gonna steal all of Twitter’s advertisers the moment they start showing ads, because the ad money generating users are moving onto Threads. Heck, Threads doesn’t even need to show ads and the displacement of ad money away from Twitter will benefit Meta as much of that Twitter ad money will get redirected to Meta properties like FB and IG instead.

FWIW (not much) Zuck said they don't intend to monetize Threads until there's "a clear path to 1 billion people" https://www.threads.net/t/CuW5-eWL34x

That seems kind of strange to me, though, because 1 billion is more than 3x the entire Twitter user base.

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